Call for Applications: Join the Youth Advisory Group (YAG) – GEF Small Grants Programme Ukraine!
Are you passionate about the environment?
Do you want to make a real impact in your community and across Ukraine?
The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), implemented by UNDP, is looking for motivated young changemakers to join our Youth Advisory Group (YAG)!


GEF SGP team in Ukraine announces the launch of Crowdfunding Campaign
Dear partners, colleagues and friends,
from 10.01.2022
New global GEF SGP publication was launched at the begggining of December. It brings together great examples of youth innovations and intergenerational efforts on inclusive nature-based solutions to demonstrate SGP's approach to empowering young people through its grant-making process and encouraging their engagement in global issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
Pathfinder Award recognizes outstanding and innovative solutions for protected and conserved areas, developed and implemented by individuals, organisations or groups. The 2021 Award focuses on celebrating sites with innovative, integrated approaches to protected and conserved area management that successfully conserve nature while making development gains related to human health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable land management.
This year’s Equator Prize will recognize innovative initiatives from local communities and Indigenous peoples that demonstrate exceptional achievements in nature-based solutions for local sustainable development. Winning initiatives will be honored for their successes in protecting, restoring and/or sustainably managing biodiversity for positive development outcomes.
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) launches the 2021 Land for Life Award. Under the theme “Healthy Land, Healthy Lives”, the 2021 Award will recognize innovative and excellent efforts in land restoration and conservation, particularly in regards of the SDG 15 “Life on Land” and the Target 15.3 “Land Degradation Neutrality”.
Do you want to grasp new business opportunities in the field of productive, circular and sharing economies? Are you interested in addressing environmental challenges by selling a green product or service and creating green jobs in your country? Would you like to create and launch an innovative business model that creates environmental and social value?
GEF SGP Ukraine would like to invite young activists to participate in an important e-discussion on Youth Climate Action, to be hosted on Sparkblue from Monday 20 July to Friday 7 August 2020, and brought to you by the UNDP